Question

c) Supply The correct form of the Present Continuous Tense of the following verbs: drink play clean cook teach wait go read knock build 1. Jane IS TEACHING portuguese in my school next year. 2. Where______________the boys______________football? 3. Jill______________________the bathroom. She is cleaning her bedroom. 4. The boys_______________________for the girls. They________________to the movies. 5. _____________you________________a composition or a novel? 6. What____________you_______________? Coffee or tea? 7. I_______________________fish. I am cooking chicken. 8. Somebody____________________at the door. 9. They_____________________ a new store near my house.

Answer 1

Resposta:

⇒⇒ Present continuous

1. Jane is teaching Portuguese in my school next year.

2. Where are the boys playing football?

3. Jill is not cleaning the bathroom. She is cleaning her bedroom.

4. The boys are waiting for the girls. They are going to the movies.

5. Are you reading a composition or a novel?

6. What are you drinking? Coffee or tea?

7. I am not cooking fish. I am cooking chicken.

8. Somebody is knocking at the door.

9. They are building a new store near my house.

Explicação:

⇒⇒ Present continuous - descreve ações que estão acontecendo no momento em que se fala.

Estrutura

sujeito + verbo to be + verbo -ing + complemento

I                    am                 doing        my homework now.

They            are                 playing      soccer.

⇒  Regras para o uso do present continuous

→→  Quando o verbo termina com ''ie'', troca o ''ie'' por ''ying''

       die – dying

       lie – lying

→→  Se o verbo termina em ''e'' precedido de consoante, tira o ''e'' e acrescenta ''ing''

      dance - dancing

      come - coming

Observação: exceção para o verbo ''to be''

to be - being

→→  Quando o verbo termina em CVC - consoante - vogal - consoante e o verbo tem uma ou duas sílabas, dobra a última consoante e acrescenta ''ing'' . Mas se o verbo terminar em ''x'' ou ''w'', não se aplica essa regra.

       swim - swimming

       cut - cutting

       

→→  Se o verbo tiver uma ou duas sílabas e a sílaba tônica for a primeira, é só acrescentar ''ing''.

       open - opening

       happen - happening  

       fix   -   fixing

       snow - snowing

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